Ballet | 400th annivesary celebrations of William Shakespeare's birth |
Set Design | Barry Kay |
Costumes | Barry Kay |
Choreography | Kenneth MacMillan |
Scenario | Kenneth MacMillan |
Music | Peter Tranchell |
Plot | Shakespeare Sonnets; romantic tale of Knights and Saracens |
World Première | 2 April 1964 |
Company | The Royal Ballet |
Venue | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
Direction | Kenneth MacMillan |
Conductor | John Lanchbery |
Orchestra | Royal Opera House Orchestra |
Lighting | William Bundy |
Dancers | Rudolf Nureyev |
| Lynn Seymour |
| Christopher Gable |
| Swetlana Beriosova |
| Donald MacLeary |
| Nadia Nerina |
| Alexander Grant |
| Desmond Doyle |
| Keith Rosson |
| Derek Rencher |
| Georgina Parkinson |
| Deanne Bergsma |
| Monica Mason |
| Vergie Derman |
| Rosalind Eyres |
| Carole Needham |
| David Jones |
| Geoffrey Cauley |
| Paul Brown |
Actor | Derek Godfrey; recorded narration |